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Defense / Technology & National Security
When ‘Killer Robots’ Declare WarThis week, nations from around the world will debate the future of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), or so-called “killer robots,” at the United Nations Convention on C...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Statement to the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons on Technical IssuesCNAS is an independent non-profit research institution that has had an ongoing project on the legal, ethical, moral, and policy implications of autonomous weapons. I would lik...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Presentation at the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional WeaponsAutonomy is playing a bigger role in many industries and aspects of our lives, from self-driving cars to autonomous Twitter bots. Similarly, autonomy will be used increasingly...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Counter-Swarm: A Guide to Defeating Robotic SwarmsSwarming with a large number of low-cost autonomous systems can be useful for a wide range of applications in warfare, and the U.S. military should move to harness the advanta...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Commanding the SwarmToday’s uninhabited vehicles are largely tele-operated, with a person piloting or driving the vehicle remotely, but tomorrow’s won’t be. They will incorporate increasing auton...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Commentary: The Imperative of Long-Range StrikeLater this spring, the Department of Defense will unveil its decision for the new long-range strike bomber. The program, designed to supplement aging bomber inventories and re...
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Unleash the Swarm: The Future of WarfareCould swarms of low-cost expendable systems change how militaries fight? Last November, Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall asked the Defense Science Board to examine a r...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Foreign Policy Essay: The South Korean Sentry—A “Killer Robot” to Prevent WarA new sentry guards the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. It is South Korea’s SGR-A1, a robot with the ability to autonomously identify and destroy targets....
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Defense / Technology & National Security
A World of Proliferated DronesPaul Scharre, who is the Director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative at CNAS, contemplates how the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles among states and non-state actors is i...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Robots at War and the Quality of QuantityThe U.S. Department of Defense has launched the search for a “third offset strategy,” an approach to sustain U.S. military technological superiority against potential adversar...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Release the dronesThis week, the Obama administration announced a new policy loosening export restrictions for military and commercial drones. This policy shift represents a responsible first s...
By Kelley Sayler, Paul Scharre & Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Between a Roomba and a Terminator: What is Autonomy?Department of Defense leaders have stated that robotics and autonomous systems will be a key part of a new “offset strategy” to sustain American military d...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
UNIDIR White Paper on Meaningful Human ControlThe United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) recently published a second report centered around the weaponization of increasingly autonomous technologies. A...
By Matthew Seeley
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Nov. 13-14 Meetings and BeyondThe United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) met for the second time this year on November 13th and 14th in Geneva to discuss lethal autonomous weapons ...
By Matthew Seeley & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre and Michael Horowitz on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systemshen the robots start thinking for themselves in the movies or on TV, it’s never a good sign for the humans. Whether the setting is Earth or Caprica, letting robots think and g...
By Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
University of Birmingham Report on DronesThe University of Birmingham Policy Commission recently released a report entitled “The Security Impact of Drones: Challenges and Opportunities for the UK.” The policy commis...
By Matthew Seeley
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Defense / Technology & National Security
UN Side Meeting in New York on Autonomous WeaponsAs part of meetings held by the United Nations General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament & International Security, the Republic of Croatia sponsored a side event tit...
By Michael Horowitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Autonomy, “Killer Robots,” and Human Control in the Use of Force – Part IIIn a recent post , I covered how autonomy is currently used in weapons and what is different about potential future autonomous weapons that would select and engage targets on ...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Autonomy, “Killer Robots,” and Human Control in the Use of Force – Part IIn May of this year, the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons(CCW) held the first multilateral discussions on autonomous weapons or, as activists like to ...
By Paul Scharre